"There is no clear funding path for 2025 or beyond" - UN Secretary General's comment at AUSSOM funding meeting today

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Secretary-General's remarks at the High-level Meeting on Financing for the African Union Stabilization Mission in Somalia [as prepared for delivery] | United Nations Secretary-General

Let me begin by thanking our co-hosts: The African Union Commission and the governments of the Federal Republic of Somalia and the United Kingdom. Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We meet at a moment of promise and peril for Somalia’s transition. The African Union Support and Stabilization...

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There is no clear funding path for 2025 or beyond.

With just three months left this year, only 24.6 million US dollars has been pledged against 196 million dollars required.

Out of these funds 20 million dollars has come from the African Union.

Meanwhile, troop contributing countries have remained deployed without any allowances for 15 months -- essentially subsidizing the mission.

This is untenable.

UNGA80 : High-Level African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) Financing Side Event | African Union

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